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On the recordFebruary 22, 1861
I have to state that all the information within my possession or power on these subjects was communicated to the House by the Secretary of the Treasury on the 21st instant, and was prepared under the resolution above referred to and a resolution of the same date addressed to himself.
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Vera Buchanan
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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